Re: [PATCH] posix-timer: fix deletion race

From: Jeremy Katz
Date: Wed Jul 18 2007 - 15:09:16 EST


On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

Jeremy, I agree with Thomas that your patch should not be right, but it
does make a difference. Perhaps this is just the timing, but who knows.
Could you add some printk's to be sure that lock_timer() actually fails
while it never should?

Agreed.

Unfortunately, adding any significant output appears to alter the situation to the point where the issue either does not occur, or takes significantly longer to surface.

Jeremy
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